My polys
- Thread starter Polyaddict86
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I dont think its the substrate, cause my ansorgii pattern came back to the nice patternWhat if it's not the light? But rather the substrate?
Led light
Old light
Led light
Old light
This is what it look like when i just put the old light back.
Look at the right side, nigerian laps are faded too.
Look at the right side, nigerian laps are faded too.
Not really sure. I hardly turn on my tank lights(only when I take photos). When I feed my fish it's either in the dark or just the room lights. From my experience, bichir's contrast always comes and go. sometimes the pattern will be faded, then later it comes back.
Its been a week now that i had the old light and this is his color
Polyaddict86
, thank you for updating us about your polys. It definitely is hard to do when things aren't going the way you want them to. Especially when you are trying to get the polys back to normal! You are among friends and poly lovers. maybe something from the substrate leached in the water? or the polys were just stressed out from the full light spectrum? Could have been a lot of changes at once. I'm not experienced enough to know though. Either way, I'm sure they will be back to normal in no time!
Im pretty sure that they became lighter contrast when i put the red garnet sand since its more natural look compared to the really bright red gravel, but even when i had the red gravel with the bright led light, they were turning green, and some of they were already losing their pattern.
maybe something from the substrate leached in the water? or the polys were just stressed out from the full light spectrum? Could have been a lot of changes at once. I'm not experienced enough to know though. Either way, I'm sure they will be back to normal in no time!
Ex. Led light with red gravel.
This pic the bv looks like its getting its color back. Give it a few weeks maybe like clm08k suggested the bright lighth had them stressed a bit. Honestly think this is cool that we post our failures so we can learn from eachother thx bro.
Seems to me that just changing the substrate isnt the only thing that changes their appearence but the lighting too.
Maybe unrelated but check your water. I noticed that when i get lazy and my nitrates creep the polys look a little faded, maybe its from some sort of stress ? Dunno but they always look their best right after wc's.
